“The behavior of the British government in not informing Italy is inexplicable.”-Giorgio Napolitano, President of Italy

In Nigeria two hostages were killed when the British tried to rescue them.  One hostage was a Brit, the other Italian.  Italian officials are pissed off to say the least.  They claim they were not told about the rescue attempt until afterwards.

The arrogant British defense secretary, Philip Hammond, swears they kept the Italian government informed, but then admits the Italians never agreed to such an operation: “I don’t think they specifically approved it.”

With friends like the United Kingdom, who needs enemies?